Most sessions are offered two times, some only once.Please choose the sessions that you'd like to attend based on your needs and interests.All sessions will operate on a 'first come, first serve' basis...Take advantage of our Today's Meet Back-channel. ALL TEACHERS: Verify you know your Apple ID and Password & Update to iOS 7.1 before you come.In the SETTINGS app, tap General » Software Update
Everyone has a story to tell. As educators, we can use stories to make ideas sticky for our students. Our students can also use the power of digital storytelling to shine a spotlight on their own learning. This session will explore various techniques that teachers and students can leverage to bring their visual stories to life and share them with an audience, all while working within the Creative Commons.
Session A2 & B2: What to Expect Coming Out of Grade 8
Facilitator:Chelsey Bernhard & Mike Riddell
Location: Room 110
Have you been wondering what Middle School teachers have been doing with the 1-1 iPad initiative? Are you curious about what types of skills and expectations next years grade 8's will come to high school with? Come hear first hand about experiences with the iPads from two of the MY Digital Learning Teacher Leaders. Topics will include: daily life with the iPads, rules and expectations, common issues, MY goals, and a Q & A session.
Session A3-B3: Fitbit For PhysEd Teachers (double session)
Facilitator:JJ Ross
Location: The Cave
This session is for Physical Education and Health Education teachers only. This session will explore the practical use of a fitbit tracker in the gymnasium and health classroom. This device will monitor daily steps, active exercise, sleep patterns, calories burned and much more. Required technology is a laptop (if possible and preferable). If you dont have a laptop please bring an iPad, iOS, or android mobile device.
Session A4-B4: Infusing Technology Into The Arts (double session)
Facilitator:Jackie Gagne
Location: Room 113
This double session for Arts Educators will take a closer look at Puentedura's SAMR Model as a vehicle for transforming teaching and learning. Teachers will form breakout groups in their Arts discipline to share ideas that promote critical thinking and creativity while infusing technology into daily learning activities.
Session A5 & B5:Extreme Collaboration
Facilitator:Joan Badger
Location: Room 111
With the rise in use of mobile devices in our classrooms, how can we provide students with opportunities to show what they know? Find out how the Extreme Collaboration add on for SMART Notebook software can enable your students to contribute content directly into your SMART Board lessons and activities.
Session A6 & B6:Rethinking How Students Show Understanding
Facilitator:Tara McLauchlan
Location: Room 215
Tired of assigning (and marking) traditional "pen and paper" assignments? Looking for new ways to help your students "show what they know"? Well, have I got the app for you! This session gives a hands on look at the app Storehouse. This app allows students (and teachers) to create amazing, knowledge based stories that feature photos, short videos and typed text. After this session your projects, presentations, portfolios, unit reviews, and tests will never be the same!
Bring your fully charged iPad, and download the free app Storehouse.
Super-keener? Bring an assignments/project/unit you would like to redesign.
Have you wanted to make a blog for years, but time just keeps passing you by? In this practical, hands-on session you will start from scratch to build a blog. You will learn how to create, decorate and populate your blog. We will explore widgets and layouts, post-by-email and comment settings. If you just want to Gitter' Dun then this is the session for you.
Participants should come with a Google account already created and bring the username and password with you.
Session B7:So THAT'S How They Think?!?
Facilitator:Joanne Nemetchek
Location: Room 115
This is an entry level session for people who are unsure how to incorporate media in their classrooms or just want another idea. I will also share a couple of easy tips to get you started with smartboard podcasting and video creation. Exploring the creation of videos by students to demonstrate learning at appropriate levels for each student. I will share some student samples, the leading questions I provided to students and demonstrate how you can upload these videos so that they can be viewed by the class and beyond.
Session B9:iPads 411
Facilitator:Darren Kuropatwa
Location: Room 214
So I've Got An iPad.... now what? Other than Facebook and Candy Crush in the evening and checking my email at work, how can I use this thing in my classroom? How do I take a screenshot? If you've got questions, I hope I've got some answers. ;-) I'll offer up some tips & tricks to get you going with your iPad in the classroom. There's no such thing as a stupid question. Bring'em on!
Oh, yeah, bring your iPad too. That would probably be a good idea, don't you think?
Session C1 & D1:Tech Tips From TCEA: 3 Things You Can Start Using Monday
Facilitator:Andrea Young & Jocelyne Chartier
Location: Room 213
Come learn about Padlet, Poll Everywhere and the Aurasma app! This session will allow you to have hands on time to work with the technology. As well as show you ways to use multiple devices with students in the classroom.
Please bring your iPad and download the Aurasma app ahead of time if you can. :)
Session C2 & D2:Planning with the End in Mind (C2: Science Focus; D2: Social Studies Focus)
Facilitator:Julie Cordova
Location: Room 110
As designers of learning, our instinct is often to start with a great learning activity that we know will really highlight a specific topic or skill. However, without clearly stated sets of learning goals (for students) and assessment strategies that help us understand whether or not students have reached these learning goals, and without a clear understanding of the knowledge students have coming prior to instruction, the activities themselves will likely be disconnected to each other and to learners’ prior knowledge, and therefore not likely to lead to robust learning for students. If we want students to demonstrate understanding with these learning intentions, then the assessments and instruction they receive and activities required to complete must be designed to lead them to this end.
Please join some of your like-minded colleagues for an hour of collaborative talk time related to ‘backwards planning’ or ‘planning with the end in mind.’ We will explore the planning process as well various resources, samples and supports that may help you with this work moving forward.
Session C3:Fitbit For Everyone!
Facilitator:JJ Ross
Location: Room 111
This session is for anyone that is interested in learning about and the exploring the use of a fitbit tracker. This device will monitor daily steps, active exercise, sleep patterns, calories burned and much more. Required technology is an iPad, iOS, or android mobile device.
Session C4 & D4:Considered Flipping?
Facilitator:John Finch (Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning)
Location: Room 113
Talk of the flipped classroom has exploded over the past two years. What is meant by "flipping" the classroom and what benefits, if any, could the flipped classroom bring to your school? A discussion of the pros and cons of this controversial approach; particularly around equity, accessibility and pedagogy.
Session C5 & D5:Unexpeccted Surprises:Stories From The Classroom As Reflective Practice
Facilitator:Greg Chomichuk
@gmbchomichuk (twitter and instagram)
Location: Room 215
The digital age seems intent to put everything we do up on the world stage. Letting the world into your classroom can seem both intimidating and attention-seeking. As classroom teachers we are used to the safe confines of our four walls, focused on the needs of the present students. Why should we be interested or motivated to allow our day-to-day activity to be accessible to unexpected audiences?
I will share the process I took to build and grow a simple culture of sharing beyond the classroom and display some of the unexpected and wonderful results. I'll also address some of the legal, ethical and personal concerns with "living online". I hope to show you that many of the concerns about digital culture are founded in fearful misconceptions, and that the real-world classroom applications of technology are an incredible tool that is easy to use and full of positive if unexpected, surprises.
Session C6:Exploring The Flipped Math Class with the Juno system.
Facilitator:Keith Goetz & Ellen Thompson
Location: Room 117
The first half hour will focus on Ellen's experiences with flipped classroom: the good, the bad and the not-so-ugly. There will be time for you to ask questions and share concerns, as well as to brainstorm with other teachers in your subject area. Please download a QR reader app beforehand. (I prefer i-nigma)
The second half hour will focus on Keith's experiences with the lesson capturing capabilities of the FrontRow Juno system. How do you set it up? How can the Juno system be used to help you flip the classroom?
Session C7 & D7:Leveling Up My SMART
Facilitator:Sarah Armistead
Location: Room 115
Is your SMARTBOARD just a great big object that gets in the way of your white board? Do you use it as a giant post-it note holder? If so, this session will assist you in learning a few quick tricks in how to incorporate the SMARTBOARD into everyday lessons. We'll explore simple, quick items that will add a bit of kick to your lessons and encourage student engagement.
Session C8 & D8:Do As We Do In Middle Years
Facilitator:Kristel Sproll
Location: Room 219
With the middle years students working with iPads daily, have you ever wondered what they do with their iPads and technology? In this session you will see student work samples, and have the chance to explore Padlet, Haiku Deck, Thinglink, and iMovie.
Session C9:Work Smarter Not Harder: Productivity Tips & Tricks
Facilitator:Darren Kuropatwa
Location: Room 212
Using technology to make us more productive and efficient remains a goal for most of us. With so many new tools, what are the best, which ones will save us time, which ones will make learning better for students? I'll share my tips, you share yours. We learn together.
This session is designed to get beginners using Google Forms. Google Forms is a useful tool to help you plan events, send a survey, give students a quiz, or collect other information in an easy, streamlined way. A Google form can be connected to a Google spreadsheet. If a spreadsheet is linked to the form, responses will automatically be sent to the spreadsheet. As a the title of the session implies no prior experience is required. Please have an active Google account (gmail address) before attending this session and your iPad.
Session D6:Real Time Math with Desmos
Facilitator:Derek Thorsteinson
Location: Room 214
Teachers looking for a great tool to have students explore graphing will be happy they've signed up for this session! Desmos takes away the need for graphing calculators and allows students to graph functions, plot tables of values and explore transformations. The best part is that users are not limited by the computer or device they have to use the program, making it a great option in a BYOD environment.
Most sessions are offered two times, some only once.Please choose the sessions that you'd like to attend based on your needs and interests.All sessions will operate on a 'first come, first serve' basis...Take advantage of our Today's Meet Back-channel.
ALL TEACHERS: Verify you know your Apple ID and Password & Update to iOS 7.1 before you come.In the SETTINGS app, tap General » Software Update
9:20-10:20
10:30-11:30
1:00-2:00
2:10-3:10
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Andy McKiel
Room: 213
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Andy McKiel
Room: 213
3 Things You Can Start Using Monday!
Jocelyne Chartier & Andrea Young
Room: 213
3 Things You Can Start Using Monday!
Jocelyne Chartier &Andrea Young
Room: 213
Out of Grade 8
Chelsey Bernhard & Mike Riddell
Room: 110
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Out of Grade 8
Chelsey Bernhard & Mike Riddell
Room: 110
- Science Focus
Julie Cordova
Room: 110
- Social Studies Focus
Julie Cordova
Room: 110
JJ Ross
Room: The Cave
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JJ Ross
Room: The Cave
JJ Ross
Room: 111
JJ Ross
Room: 111
Into The Arts
Jackie Gagne
Room: 113
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Into The Arts
Jackie Gagne
Room: 113
John Finch (Man. Ed.)
Room: 113
John Finch (Man. Ed.)
Room: 113
Joan Badger
Room: 111
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Joan Badger
Room: 111
Stories From The Classroom
As Reflective Practice
Greg Chomichuk
Room: 215
Stories From The Classroom
As Reflective Practice
Greg Chomichuk
Room: 215
Show Understanding
Tara McLauchlan
Room: 215
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Show Understanding
Tara McLauchlan
Room: 215
Classroom & the Juno System
Keith Goetz & Ellen Thompson
Room: 117
Derek Thornsteinson
Room: 214
I Am, The Small Steps Needed
Gavin McLachlan
Room: 117
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Joanne Nemetchek
Room: 115
Sarah Armistead
Room: 115
Sarah Armistead
Room: 115
Jeff Memka & Jason Bilous
Room: 219
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Jeff Memka & Jason Bilous
Room: 219
Kristel Sproll
Room: 219
Kristel Sproll
Room: 219
Adam Lister
Room: 212
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Darren Kuropatwa
Room: 214
Productivity Tips & Tricks
Darren Kuropatwa
Room: 212
Adam Lister
Room: 212
Session A1 & B1: Telling Tales in the Commons
Facilitator: Andy McKiel
Location: Room 213
Everyone has a story to tell. As educators, we can use stories to make ideas sticky for our students. Our students can also use the power of digital storytelling to shine a spotlight on their own learning. This session will explore various techniques that teachers and students can leverage to bring their visual stories to life and share them with an audience, all while working within the Creative Commons.
Digital Handouts Available
Session A2 & B2: What to Expect Coming Out of Grade 8
Facilitator: Chelsey Bernhard & Mike Riddell
Location: Room 110
Have you been wondering what Middle School teachers have been doing with the 1-1 iPad initiative? Are you curious about what types of skills and expectations next years grade 8's will come to high school with? Come hear first hand about experiences with the iPads from two of the MY Digital Learning Teacher Leaders. Topics will include: daily life with the iPads, rules and expectations, common issues, MY goals, and a Q & A session.
Session A3-B3: Fitbit For PhysEd Teachers (double session)
Facilitator: JJ Ross
Location: The Cave
This session is for Physical Education and Health Education teachers only. This session will explore the practical use of a fitbit tracker in the gymnasium and health classroom. This device will monitor daily steps, active exercise, sleep patterns, calories burned and much more. Required technology is a laptop (if possible and preferable). If you dont have a laptop please bring an iPad, iOS, or android mobile device.
Session A4-B4: Infusing Technology Into The Arts (double session)
Facilitator: Jackie Gagne
Location: Room 113
This double session for Arts Educators will take a closer look at Puentedura's SAMR Model as a vehicle for transforming teaching and learning. Teachers will form breakout groups in their Arts discipline to share ideas that promote critical thinking and creativity while infusing technology into daily learning activities.
Session A5 & B5: Extreme Collaboration
Facilitator: Joan Badger
Location: Room 111
With the rise in use of mobile devices in our classrooms, how can we provide students with opportunities to show what they know? Find out how the Extreme Collaboration add on for SMART Notebook software can enable your students to contribute content directly into your SMART Board lessons and activities.
Session A6 & B6: Rethinking How Students Show Understanding
Facilitator: Tara McLauchlan
Location: Room 215
Tired of assigning (and marking) traditional "pen and paper" assignments? Looking for new ways to help your students "show what they know"? Well, have I got the app for you! This session gives a hands on look at the app Storehouse. This app allows students (and teachers) to create amazing, knowledge based stories that feature photos, short videos and typed text. After this session your projects, presentations, portfolios, unit reviews, and tests will never be the same!
Bring your fully charged iPad, and download the free app Storehouse.
Super-keener? Bring an assignments/project/unit you would like to redesign.
Want to see an example? Look here--> https://www.storehouse.co/stories/b7e8-the-bucket-list-project
Session A7: Where I Started To Where I Am, the small steps needed ...
Facilitator: Gavin McLachlan
Location: Room 117
Incorporating the smart board with ‘Extreme Collaboration’, ‘Flickr’, ‘Edmodo’ and the ‘Front Row Juno’ into daily lessons…..(not all at once)
Session A8 & B8: Why Am I Doing This?
Facilitator: Jeff Memka & Jason Bilous
Location: Room 219
Why are we doing this: http://jmemka.wix.com/jmemka and http://jbilous.wix.com/cshcgraphicarts
Session A9 & D9: Getta Blog! Gitter Dun!
Facilitator: Adam Lister
Location: Room 212
Have you wanted to make a blog for years, but time just keeps passing you by? In this practical, hands-on session you will start from scratch to build a blog. You will learn how to create, decorate and populate your blog. We will explore widgets and layouts, post-by-email and comment settings. If you just want to Gitter' Dun then this is the session for you.
Participants should come with a Google account already created and bring the username and password with you.
Session B7: So THAT'S How They Think?!?
Facilitator: Joanne Nemetchek
Location: Room 115
This is an entry level session for people who are unsure how to incorporate media in their classrooms or just want another idea. I will also share a couple of easy tips to get you started with smartboard podcasting and video creation. Exploring the creation of videos by students to demonstrate learning at appropriate levels for each student. I will share some student samples, the leading questions I provided to students and demonstrate how you can upload these videos so that they can be viewed by the class and beyond.
Session B9: iPads 411
Facilitator: Darren Kuropatwa
Location: Room 214
So I've Got An iPad.... now what? Other than Facebook and Candy Crush in the evening and checking my email at work, how can I use this thing in my classroom? How do I take a screenshot? If you've got questions, I hope I've got some answers. ;-) I'll offer up some tips & tricks to get you going with your iPad in the classroom. There's no such thing as a stupid question. Bring'em on!
Oh, yeah, bring your iPad too. That would probably be a good idea, don't you think?
Session C1 & D1: Tech Tips From TCEA: 3 Things You Can Start Using Monday
Facilitator: Andrea Young & Jocelyne Chartier
Location: Room 213
Come learn about Padlet, Poll Everywhere and the Aurasma app! This session will allow you to have hands on time to work with the technology. As well as show you ways to use multiple devices with students in the classroom.
Please bring your iPad and download the Aurasma app ahead of time if you can. :)
Access the Smore page for this workshop.
Session C2 & D2: Planning with the End in Mind
(C2: Science Focus; D2: Social Studies Focus)
Facilitator: Julie Cordova
Location: Room 110
As designers of learning, our instinct is often to start with a great learning activity that we know will really highlight a specific topic or skill. However, without clearly stated sets of learning goals (for students) and assessment strategies that help us understand whether or not students have reached these learning goals, and without a clear understanding of the knowledge students have coming prior to instruction, the activities themselves will likely be disconnected to each other and to learners’ prior knowledge, and therefore not likely to lead to robust learning for students. If we want students to demonstrate understanding with these learning intentions, then the assessments and instruction they receive and activities required to complete must be designed to lead them to this end.
Please join some of your like-minded colleagues for an hour of collaborative talk time related to ‘backwards planning’ or ‘planning with the end in mind.’ We will explore the planning process as well various resources, samples and supports that may help you with this work moving forward.
Session C3: Fitbit For Everyone!
Facilitator: JJ Ross
Location: Room 111
This session is for anyone that is interested in learning about and the exploring the use of a fitbit tracker. This device will monitor daily steps, active exercise, sleep patterns, calories burned and much more. Required technology is an iPad, iOS, or android mobile device.
Session C4 & D4: Considered Flipping?
Facilitator: John Finch (Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning)
Location: Room 113
Talk of the flipped classroom has exploded over the past two years. What is meant by "flipping" the classroom and what benefits, if any, could the flipped classroom bring to your school? A discussion of the pros and cons of this controversial approach; particularly around equity, accessibility and pedagogy.Session C5 & D5: Unexpeccted Surprises: Stories From The Classroom As Reflective Practice
Facilitator: Greg Chomichuk
@gmbchomichuk (twitter and instagram)Location: Room 215
The digital age seems intent to put everything we do up on the world stage. Letting the world into your classroom can seem both intimidating and attention-seeking. As classroom teachers we are used to the safe confines of our four walls, focused on the needs of the present students. Why should we be interested or motivated to allow our day-to-day activity to be accessible to unexpected audiences?
I will share the process I took to build and grow a simple culture of sharing beyond the classroom and display some of the unexpected and wonderful results. I'll also address some of the legal, ethical and personal concerns with "living online". I hope to show you that many of the concerns about digital culture are founded in fearful misconceptions, and that the real-world classroom applications of technology are an incredible tool that is easy to use and full of positive if unexpected, surprises.
Session C6: Exploring The Flipped Math Class with the Juno system.
Facilitator: Keith Goetz & Ellen Thompson
Location: Room 117
The first half hour will focus on Ellen's experiences with flipped classroom: the good, the bad and the not-so-ugly. There will be time for you to ask questions and share concerns, as well as to brainstorm with other teachers in your subject area. Please download a QR reader app beforehand. (I prefer i-nigma)
The second half hour will focus on Keith's experiences with the lesson capturing capabilities of the FrontRow Juno system. How do you set it up? How can the Juno system be used to help you flip the classroom?
Session C7 & D7: Leveling Up My SMART
Facilitator: Sarah Armistead
Location: Room 115
Is your SMARTBOARD just a great big object that gets in the way of your white board? Do you use it as a giant post-it note holder? If so, this session will assist you in learning a few quick tricks in how to incorporate the SMARTBOARD into everyday lessons. We'll explore simple, quick items that will add a bit of kick to your lessons and encourage student engagement.
Session C8 & D8: Do As We Do In Middle Years
Facilitator: Kristel Sproll
Location: Room 219
With the middle years students working with iPads daily, have you ever wondered what they do with their iPads and technology? In this session you will see student work samples, and have the chance to explore Padlet, Haiku Deck, Thinglink, and iMovie.
Please have a QR-Code scanner (i-nigma), Haiku Deck and Thinglink downloaded from the app store.
Session C9: Work Smarter Not Harder: Productivity Tips & Tricks
Facilitator: Darren Kuropatwa
Location: Room 212
Using technology to make us more productive and efficient remains a goal for most of us. With so many new tools, what are the best, which ones will save us time, which ones will make learning better for students? I'll share my tips, you share yours. We learn together.
Digital Handouts Available: j.mp/sjsdsmarter
Session D3: Google Forms For Dummies
Facilitator: JJ Ross
Location: Room 111
This session is designed to get beginners using Google Forms. Google Forms is a useful tool to help you plan events, send a survey, give students a quiz, or collect other information in an easy, streamlined way. A Google form can be connected to a Google spreadsheet. If a spreadsheet is linked to the form, responses will automatically be sent to the spreadsheet. As a the title of the session implies no prior experience is required. Please have an active Google account (gmail address) before attending this session and your iPad.
Session D6: Real Time Math with Desmos
Facilitator: Derek Thorsteinson
Location: Room 214
Teachers looking for a great tool to have students explore graphing will be happy they've signed up for this session! Desmos takes away the need for graphing calculators and allows students to graph functions, plot tables of values and explore transformations. The best part is that users are not limited by the computer or device they have to use the program, making it a great option in a BYOD environment.